304 BIG GAME SHOOTING 
THE SING-SING 
The Sing-Sing (also known to the natives as ‘ Kuru’) 
resembles the waterbuck in habits, but is easily distinguished 
from it by its darker colour, and by a considerable amount of 
rufous hair on the top of the head, as well as by an entirely 
white rump in place of the elliptical white band of the other. 
The horns are also as a rule longer and more massive than 
those of the waterbuck, the horns of the latter never growing 
to the size they do in South Africa. It is not met with until 
near Lake Baringo, and extends west to Uganda, where it was 
first obtained by Captains Speke and Grant. It is fairly 
plentiful in the open bush country of Turkwel ; but it does not 
appear to go about in such large herds as the waterbuck. I 
have never seen more than five or six together, and more often 
a bull and two or three cows. 
THE GREATER KUDU 
The Greater Kudu is a rare beast in East Africa, and is only 
found in certain places. There are always a few in the Teita 
country west of Ndara and Kisigao and on the banks of the 
Tsavo river, down which it ranges from the head-waters to 
the Sabaki, and then north up the Athi river. All these places 
are more or less undulating, very rough, dry, and stony, and © 
covered with thick bush. 
LESSER KUDU 
The Lesser Kudu (Swahili, ‘Kungu’) is very plentiful on the 
banks of the Tana river. In 1885-86 it was also numerous at 
Merereni, on the coast. A few are found in suitable places 
near Taveta, and as far west as the Sogonoi hills in German 
territory. They appear, however, to be confined principally to 
the belt of dry bush country extending from the coast for 
about roo miles inland, and I think that very few of them 
range west of the Masai country. 1 was told by Messrs. 
Hobley and Bird-Thompson, on their return from @ trip up the 
